Ohio Art League held its very first Thumb Box exhibition in 1916 and we are excited to be continuing this annual tradition 102 years later!

Thumb Box is a free and open show for all of OAL member artists. Members may submit up to three pieces of art that fall within the measurement guidelines: 6" x 6" x 6" including the frame. Artists will receive 70% of sold work, with the remaining 30% going to benefit the arts and programming initiatives of the Ohio Art League.

Thumb Box 2018 will be hosted by "The Second Sight Project" location Sign House 737.

The Second Sight Project began as a single vacant, vandalized house in the near-west neighborhood of Franklinton in Columbus, Ohio.

In 2012 Mona Gazala - a visiting artist from Cleveland - saw it as something more and began a quest to activate it, as affordable creative space and an artist incubator. It is now a live/work residency program, a hub for public/installation art, and an example of social sculpture that encourages genuine interaction with the surrounding neighborhood.

We have expanded to 3 residency spaces; and both short term and long term residencies are open to all actively producing artists.